Before the Day of Vesak 2019, Chairrudin Kuslan from Indonesia and Bhikkhu Chunming Chen from Taiwan were strangers.

Vietnam Vaccine JSC (VNVC) officially put its vaccination centre into operation in Da Nang on May 15, the largest centre among VNVC’s vaccination system nationwide.

One man was killed and four others injured in the central province of Quang Ngai after inhaling toxic gas from their fishing boat.

The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Can Tho plans to build concrete embankments in some of the city’s eroded areas, according to Vo Thanh Thong, chairman of the Can Tho City People’s Committee.

A leading youth charity in Vietnam has warned would-be child predators to stay away, as they will be caught.

A photo essay showing images of pregnant children has caused controversy on social media.

HCM City has stepped up inspection to prevent the risk of an African swine fever outbreak after the disease spread to neighbouring provinces, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

A campaign to encourage the community to practice swimming for drowning prevention will be launched on May 19 at the culture, information and sports centre of Hanoi’s Long Bien district, according to the organising board.

Te Tri Dung, former general director of HCMC-based Tan Thuan Industrial Promotion Co., Ltd (IPC), was arrested on Monday on charges of embezzlement and State asset mismanagement at the State-run company.

A group of 10th graders from the HCM City-based Vietnam Australia International School is working on a project to donate solar lamps to needy students in the Ea-Rớt Village in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak.

A shortage of clean water is threatening 4,000 families living in An Bien coastal District, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.

In recent days, thousands of people in Hai Phong city have come to the banks of the Tam Bac River to watch swans.

The Ministry of Public Security said it is considering listing recreational nitrous oxide balloons, popularly known as funky balls, as a regulated drug and precursor substance.

According to a Health Minister’s direction issued yesterday, a medical worker has to do exercise 30 minutes per day.

Hanoi recorded 1,193 cases of measles since the beginning of this year, however, there has been no death from this disease, according to the city's health authorities.

More than 1,600 international delegates from 112 countries and territories attended Vesak 2019 in Ha Nam province.

A forest fire broke out in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien’s Noong Luong Commune on Tuesday, threatening hundreds of people living nearby.

A Vietnamese technical trainee died while working at a construction site in Chukyo district in Japan’s Kyoto city on May 13, local newspapers reported.

The Northern region is expected to suffer a scorching temperature between 39 degrees Celsius and 40 degrees Celsius in coming days after sudden cold days.

The Men’s Health Centre in HCM City’s District 10 is set to provide free health examination, tests and counselling to 300 men, including from the LGBTIQ community between today (May 15) and June 5.